India, Sept. 9 -- Texas A&M President Mark Welsh has released a statement after a student was asked to leave a lecture for objecting to a professor promoting leftist gender ideas during a children's literature course. Texas Republican State Rep. Brian Harrison shared videos showing a student confronting Dr. Melissa McCoul during a children's literature class. McCoul was allegedly pushing leftist views on sex, gender, and race.

Welsh is now facing calls to resign for the way he handled the incident.

"I learned this afternoon that key leaders in the College of Arts and Sciences approved plans to continue teaching course content that was not consistent with the course's published description," Welsh said in a statement posted on X by Texas...